18. August 2010 by Friedhelm.

David and I were reflection on the Vietnam Memorial Wall. We asked ourselves: What is it that we had the feeling of piety while we were there. We decided that it was not the wall itself. It was the names of those fallen soldiers. Each and everyone of them were alive at one point and now they are gone. Each of them had parents, many had spouses or brothers and sisters. There were so many lives affected by their death. Seeing those names on this wall made war and the horror of war visible to us.

I hope for peace this day!

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17. August 2010 by Friedhelm.

I photographed this former Vietnam veteran pilot at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Chowchilla, CA. This wall moves from town to town. You can get for information about it at the following link: http://www.themovingwall.org/.

The wall brought back many memories and the small Chowchilla park was transformed into a place of tears, remembrance and piety. People shared their stories, left flowers and cried. I believe a lot of healing took place during the few days the wall was in Chowchilla.

Have a peaceful Tuesday!

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8. August 2010 by Friedhelm.

“Good bye God I am going to Bodie!” This sentence was written by a young girl into her diary entering the “wicked” city. I can imagine that the need for security was high in a city where many homicides occurred. Therefor I should have been not surprised finding two locks at this door.

Enjoy and have a great Sunday!

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30. July 2010 by Friedhelm.

It is only 1.1 miles from Glacier Point Drive to the top of Sentinel Dome. Some people of course get tired and need a rest. Of course my daughter claimed that she got so bored because it took me so long to photograph.

Enjoy and have a restful week-end!

Have a restful week-end!

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20. July 2010 by Friedhelm.

On my walk through Muir Woods I came a cross this spider net. Looking closer i saw the a leaf got tangled up in it. Then the spider must have integrated the leaf into his construction and it became part of the net.

There is always something interesting to photograph in this world. Go out and find it!

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16. July 2010 by Friedhelm.

I did my usual exercise walk yesterday morning and When I walked around Rahilly Park I would a homeless person sleeping on the ground. This person had a backpack, suitcase, blankets and everything was neatly organized. Looking at the glasses I suspect that a girl was sleeping here. Was she kicked out by her family? Does she even have a family? I don’t know. What I know is that every time I photograph someone I also photograph someone’s history and I always wonder what happened in her past that she ended here.

Have a great Friday. It will be a very hot Friday int he Central Valley in California.

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15. July 2010 by Friedhelm.

I discovered this little plant in between a pile of rubble.

Somehow it got my attention and I had to photograph it. In my mind I compared this plant to the oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico symbolized in the brick pile of rubble. I hope new life will grow in that area as well.

Have a great Thursday and happy photographing!

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14. July 2010 by Friedhelm.

I was photographing food compositions for a client today. I thought about Edward Weston who photographed all kinds of fruits and I decided to try to photograph some parsley that I had left. Originally I picked a white background and later inverted the image. At the end I overlaid the parsley with a blue color tone.

Enjoy and have fun with photography and post production!

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13. July 2010 by Friedhelm.

We got some flowers yesterday and I isolated this Gerbera by putting it in a new vase. The blue vase and the red flower are complimentary. By moving the entire subject to the left I created even more dynamic in this composition. I used two strobes to create this composition. The first light comes from the upper right and the second light from the lower left behind the flower. This light setting creates a nice show inside the flower. Notice also the the white on the left gradually turns into a light gray adding to the dynamic of the picture. The frame around it is also created to support the overall structure of this image.

Enjoy!

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9. July 2010 by Friedhelm.

I tried to photograph the sunset at the lighthouse in Crescent City, CA when I discovered beautiful shaped pieces of driftwood. The soft evening light made it possible to create this image. Let your imagination go wild determining what you see.

Enjoy and happy Friday!

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